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decapitate (v.)
1610s, from French
décapiter
(14c.), from Late Latin
decapitatus
past participle of
decapitare
, from Latin
de-
"off" (see
de-
) +
caput
(genitive
capitis
) "head" (see
capitulum
). Related:
Decapitated
;
decapitating
.